Early and late mortality after diagnosis of wilms tumor

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1304-1309

  Cotton, Cecilia A ^a   Peterson, Susan ^a   Norkool, Patricia A ^a   Takashima, Janice ^a   Grigoriev, Yevgeny ^a   Breslow, Norman E ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND CANCER; STANDARDIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 62449183529     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.6981     Document Type: Article

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